Commodity cabinet



Aug. 23, 1932. DAVIS 1,873,557

COMMODITY CABINET I Filed Nov. 5, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 23, 1932. E DAVIS 1,873,557.

COMMODITY CABINET Filed Nov. 3, 1950 2 Sheets-$heet 2 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 naira srarrs EDWARD n. DAVIS, or cnroneo, ILLINQIs'ASsIGNQR To THE BoYn' NEEDLE ooMrANY, I

or cr reaso, ILLINorsn ooaronnrron or ILLINOIS 1 PATENT "oFFic ii J COMMODITY CABINET Application fii anove tr a, 1930. swarm,v 433,122.

This inventionrelates particularly to cabinets adapted to the purpose'o-f storing and displaying small articles of merchandise; and the primary object is to provide a cabinet of simple and inexpensive constructionvvhich is Well adapted'to thispur'poseL In the embodiment of the invention illus' trated, the cabinet is adapted for storing and displaying small articles of merchandise,

such safety pins, or any other small articles adapted to be mounted on cards; f q

Theinvention is illustrated-in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 represents a perspective view, ofa commodity-cabinetconstructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view, the section being taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a sectional view, the section being taken as indicated at line f Fig. 2;

Fig. 1, a plan sectional view, the section being taken as indicated at line 4: of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, a plan view of a merchandise card which is adapted to be stored and displayed in the cabinet. I

In the construction illustrated, 1 represents the front wall, 2 the rear wall and 3 the side walls of the cabinet. are preferably somewhat wedge-shaped as l illustrated in Fig. 1 with the rear portion of each wall 3 elevated above the front portion thereof.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 2, the cabinet is provided with two bottom sections 4: and 5 which are separated by a transverse partition 6. Both sections are inclined, section 4 having its front end joined to the lower portion of front wall 1 and its rear end connected to the partition 6 at an intermediate elevation, while the section 5 is connected to the lower portion of partition 6 and to an intermediate portion of the rear wall 2. In the illustration given, the partition 6 is located nearer to the front wall 1 than to the rear wall 2, thus providing a front comber of smaller compartments by partitions 7,

and the front compartment A is divided into The side walls 3 a nu nber of compartments by partitions 8,

Any desirable number of partitions, however;

may be used in either of the compartments and the partition wall 6 may be so located as toprovide compartments of any desired length. r e v a A cross-piece 9 is'prefer'ably secured-to the cab net. at a point adj acentthe' front wall 1, and a second cross-piece 10 may be secured 7 to the cabinet along the partition'6. The

- cross-pieces -9' andLlO'ai'e drilled to receive the ends of posts 11, one of whichis located in each of the compartments. The lower ends of the posts .11., are received within holes formedinthe fioor sections' 4 and 5. The cross-piece -1O not onlyserves t0 hold the postsll-i'n position and as a retaining mem ber for merchandise within the compartments B, butalso serves asia handle for thecabinet.

Display-cabinets of this construction may be 'lfurnish ed by manufacturers 3 of small articles. of merchandise to dealers throughout the country; and one purpose of the-construction is to provide against nnproper use of the cabinet and againstunauthorized or fraudulent use thereof. Thus, a manufacturerwho furnishes the cabinets to 'dealers gratis, withthe understanding that each cabinet shall be used only in" displaying and, selling. merchandise of his manufacture, may supply cards specially adapted for use inthe cabinet, and thus may guard against an unauthorized useof the cabinet, For this purpose, it is preferred ton'se a card, 12, such as, for example, is illustrated in Fig; 5. The a card is provided at its front'side with a slot or recess 13 which is adapted toengage one of the posts 11. QThe card 12 may carry small articles, such as safety pins-etc.

disc "cards 'Whicharecarried in the rather deep. compartmentsand which havefltheir slots; or notches 13, in engagement withthe p.os'ts.11,-I prefer to employ the "following H construction. The rear wall, 2 is provided lerablyffiared or enlarged at 15 so as peri 19. l I In order to facilitate removal of merchan the larger compartments, are introdu'eedfintm mit the cards to be more readily grasped at that point between the fingers and thumb. Likewise, the partition 6 is provided with vertical slots 16 whichextend substantially to the bottom section 1. Immediately above the slots 16"- semi-circular portions of" the :member 10 are cut away to provide finger openings 17.

1 1 In theuse of'thecabinet,the;eards:12, which; may be of small sizeadapt ed to fit the smaller compartments or of large size adapted to fit the compartments, the posts 11 extending into the recesses 18 of the cards; The inclined floor sections 4- and 5- hold the cards at an angle at which they are clearly visible to the customer who may stand in front of thecabinet; "To remove one of the merchandise cards,

the customer-or dealer, may extend his finger through the slotways 14 and 16 and'raisethe upper end of the card. When the card has been raised toa pointnear the top ofthe wall,

it may be grasped between the thumb and 3. In a card display cabinet having front, rear'and side walls, a transverse partition forming two main compartments, each of said compartments having spaced apart and substantially parallel bottom Walls, the bottom: walls being upwardlyand rearwardly inclined, a plurality of longitudinal partitions" dividing saidmain compartments into a plura-lity of card: compartments, a; card retaining transverse strip secured to said cab-' inet and extending over said transverse'parzptition and a second card retainingstrip secured to the front of said cabinet and extendingover the" front card compartments.

I4. Inacarddisplay.cabinetequipped with front, rear and side walls: and a: transverse partition forming 'tWo main comp artments,;a ottom' Wall having itsfront adjacentxthe bottom of said front cabinet wall-and its rear end secured to' the transverse partition at an intermediate point onsaid partition,

a bottom wall" for the rear main comparte ment-having its front end adjacent the-bot tom. of said partition and itsrear end" secured to the rear' cabinet Wall at an; intermediate point on said wall, a, plurality'iof longitudi nal strips dividing said main-compartments into a plurality of card compartments, and cardretaining strips extending over the front portions ofsaid card compartments j EDWARD DDAVIS no unnecessary limitations should be under-r L" stood therefrom, but the "appended claims should-beconstrued as broadlyas permissible a v in view of the prior art. I claim:

1. Inja card-display cabinet,.a inain.co1npartment having'front, rear and'side=walls, a transverse partition and aplurality of lone gitudinal partitionsdividing said main compartmentwinto aplurality of cardcompart ments, said transverse partition and said rear wall provided with a plurality of finger openings, posts in said compartments adapted to engage recesses in the cards', and

a handle, strip adjacent said transverse par- .tition and engaging a plurality offsaid posts.

2 In a display cabinet, a main compartment having front, rearaand sidewalls, a transverse partition and a plurality of lonjgitudinal partitions dividing said main compartment. into "a plurality of card coinpart- Vments;.s aid transverse partition and said rear wall being; provided with a plurality of finger openings,;and-a handle strip extending over I said transverse partition, said handle strip beingiprovided along its frontside' with spaced finger recesses, :each recess being aligned with the compartment therebelow. 

